Recent
Some Usability Posts.
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Social design strategy
Identity, conversation, and community can change the entire design discussion
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Google News simplifies
Browsing is less noisy with contextual features hidden beneath a hover and click
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Conniving UI patterns
Dark Patterns catalogues interfaces intentionally design to make you do the wrong thing
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The last typewriter repairmen
Photo essay on about a waning trade, some good lessons to be found in the index typewriter, too
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Psychology and UX design
Understanding how the brain, the visual system, memory, and motivation work helps user experience design
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Nielsen on the iPad
The always conservative usability pundit shares his first findings about the user interface of iPad apps
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Notes from Canux 2009
Bryce Johnson collection of 200 tweets from the conference
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A/B testing headlines
Now writers can enjoy the benefits of market-driven intelligence
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Everything you wanted to know about A/B testing
But were afraid to ask (answered in the form of 114 slides)
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Making the NPR iPhone app
Good description on the making of a great news app for the iPhone
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iPhone-style password fields
A jQuery plug-in that obscures all but the last character in a password field
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Chase erases the user experience
The user-friendly experience that attracted customers like me to WaMu is being lost
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Google visualizations
In the U.S., Google has begun adding microcharts to illustrate public statistics
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Capitol Hill bus map
Modelled on London's transit maps, this bus map shows the routes centred on one of Seattle neighbourhoods
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Making decisions about user research
Eight questions to ask when debating when to do research
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Multi-touch Firefox
The gestures don't sound intuitive, but its a nice start to browsing the Web with your fingers
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100E2R
Terrific case for having big, onscreen text
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Creating great search results
Advice on making a search result do what it needs to do
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Small screens are better
The iPhone shows that, in interface design, less really can be more
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Silverback review
This comprehensive review was enough to convince me of this usability program's value
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User Interface Resource Center
Articles and links on UI and RIA design
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